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♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Nov 2021 5:49pm, 4 Nov 2021 43,148 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Nice contrast, TR!
flanker Nov 2021 6:33pm, 4 Nov 2021 20,101 posts	0 flanker Last time up there I had to hold on to K to stop here getting lifted off the ground. If she'd blown away I'd never have found her in the clag! It also blew my compass out of my hand.
ThorntonRunner Nov 2021 9:27pm, 4 Nov 2021 5,463 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Sorry - I won't spam the thread with any more Skiddaw pictures after this one, but I particularly like this view of the main summit ridge from Little Man
flyingfinn Nov 2021 9:30pm, 4 Nov 2021 2,907 posts	0 flyingfinn TR it's nice to know what it looks like! I've been up there many many times either in the dark or the clag but I can't actually recall going up there when you could see anything like that much!
Derby Tup Nov 2021 8:14am, 5 Nov 2021 52,544 posts	0 Derby Tup Evil Rich and I went up Skiddaw with Bob W the first time I saw (and declined) the Parachute descent off Blencathra. It was a decent day. Stef and I had a highly memorable day in deep snow with a double ascent of Skiddaw at Easter 2013 on a stunning day. I think I’ve been lucky. Don’t ask about Snowden though ☔️
Mushroom Nov 2021 8:30am, 5 Nov 2021 1,968 posts	0 Mushroom There's probably a competition to be had here: The most times someone has been up one particular hill without a view? (If there's a Helvellyn weather monitor amongst us then they're going to win, obviously..!)
flanker Nov 2021 12:29am, 6 Nov 2021 20,103 posts	0 flanker I was into double figures on Snowdon before I got a decent view.
Hanneke Nov 2021 12:45am, 6 Nov 2021 81,775 posts	0 Hanneke I have only been up Snowdon once, in August. It was a whiteout! I.e. it snowed 😱 Very smug having bought a summit map and taken a back bearing!
Homer Nov 2021 7:14am, 6 Nov 2021 14,048 posts	0 Homer I've been up the Big Ben from the tourist path a few times, round the back a few times and still never had a view
Hanneke Nov 2021 3:29pm, 6 Nov 2021 81,795 posts	0 Hanneke Sorry! Total muppet! For Snowdon, read Ben Nevis. I have been up Snowdon a few times: no views. Different times of the year and day. As far as Scafell is concerned: never had anything but clag there either on, ohhh, 20 odd visits?

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